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With a pair of standard 6 sided dice the probability of rolling a total of

2, (1, 1), is 1/36

3, (1, 2) or (2, 1), is 2/36= 1/18

4, (1, 3) or (2, 2) or (3, 1), is 3/36= 1/12

5, (1, 4) or (2, 3) or (3, 2) or (4, 1), is 4/36= 1/9

6, (1, 5) or (2, 4) or (3, 3) or (4, 2) or (5, 1), is 5/36

7, (1, 6) or (2, 5) or (3, 4) or (4, 3) or (5, 2) or (6, 1), is 6/36= 1/6

8, (2, 6) or (3, 5) or (4, 4) or (5, 3) or (6, 2), is 5/36

9, (3, 6) or (4, 5) or (5, 4) or (3, 6), is 4/36= 1/9

10, (4, 6) or (5, 5) or (6, 4), is 3/36= 1/12

11, (5, 6) or (6, 5), is 2/36= 1/18

12, (6, 6), is 1/36.


So, including the bonus, the probability of Alice getting a 3= 2+ 1 is 1/36.  To win, Bob must get 4 or higher, probability 3/36+ 4/36+ 5/36+ 6/36+ 5/36+ 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 33/36= 11/12.

(That could have been done quicker as 1- 1/36- 2/36= 1- 3/36.)

The probability of this happening is (1/36)(11/12)= 11/432.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 4= 3+ 1 is

2/36= 1/18.  To beat that Bob must get a 5 or better.  The probability of that is 4/36+ 5/36+ 6/36+ 5/36+ 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 30/36= 5/6.

The probability of this happening is (1/18)(5/6)= 5/108.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 5= 4+ 1 is 1/12.  To beat that Bob must get 6 or higher.  The probability of that is 5/36+ 6/36+ 5/36+ 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 26/36= 13/18.

The probability of this happening is (1/12)(13/18)= 13/216.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 6= 5+ 1 is 1/9.  In order to beat this Bob would have to get 7 or better.  The probability of that is 6/36+ 5/36+ 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 21/36= 7/12.

The probability of this happening is (1/9)(7/12)= 7/108.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 7= 6+ 1 is 5/36.  In order to beat that Bob must get 8 or better.  The probability of that is 5/36+ 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 15/36= 5/12.

The probability of this happening is (5/36)(5/12)= 25/432.


The probability of Alice getting 8= 7+ 1 is 5/36.  To beat that Bob must get 9 or better.  The probability of that is 4/36+ 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 10/36= 5/18.

The probability of this happening is (5/36)(5/18)= 25/648.


The probability of Alice getting 9= 8+ 1 is 5/36. To beat that Bob must get 10 or more.  The probability of that is 3/36+ 2/36+ 1/36= 6/36= 1/6.

The probability of this happening is (5/36)(1/6)= 5/216.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 10= 9+ 1 is 1/9.  To beat that Bob must get 11 or 12.  The probability of that is 2/36+ 1/36= 3/36= 1/12.

The probability of this happening is (1/9)(1/12)= 1/108.


The probability of Alice getting a total of 11= 10+ 1 is 1/12.  To beat that Bob would have to roll a 12 which has probability 1/36.

The probability of this happening is (1/12)(1/36)= 1/432.


If Alice rolls 11 or 12, she will have a total of 12 and 13 with her bonus and Bob cannot beat those.


The overall probability that Bob beats Alice is 11/432+ 5/108+ 13/216+ 7/108+ 25/432+ 25/648+ 5/216+ 1/108+ 1/432,


648= 2(324)= 2(2)(162)= 2(2)(2)(81)= 2^3(3^4)

216= 2(108)= 2(2)(54)= 2(2)(2)(27)= 2^3(3^3)

432= 2(216)= 2(2)(108)= 2(2)(2)(54)= 2^4(27)= 2^4(3^3)

108= 2(54)= 2(2)(27)= 2^2(3^3)


The least common denominator is 2^4(3^4)= 16(81)= 1296.


11/432+ 5/108+ 13/216+ 7/108

+25/432+ 25/648+ 5/216+ 1/108+ 1/432= 33/1296+ 156/1296+ 78/1296+ 42/1296+ 75/1296+ 50/1296+ 30/1296+ 12/1296+ 3/1296= 479/1296.  That is about 37%.


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